Policeman s hook



UNITED STATES EDWARD nAvis BEAN, OF 'cHELsEA, MASSACHUSETTS.

PATENT: QEFICE.

POLICEMANS HOOK.

, SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 284,165, dated September 4, 1883.

Application filed August 16, 1852. (No model.)

To all whom it nay concern Be it known that I, EDWARD DAvrs BEAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chelsea, in the county of Snffolkand State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Policemens Hooks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings,

and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. I I

This invention relates to hooks used by policemen for holding prisoners; and it consists,

principally, of the combination of a bent arm with a swinging latch, the latter having a hook-shaped portion which shuts within the other to complete the inclosure of the prisoners wrist. r

It also consists in certain other details and combinations, as hereinafter particularly set forth and claimed.

The drawings accompanying this specification represent, in Figure 1, a perspective View,

and in Fig. 2 a section, of a wristlet or hook containing my improvements.

In said drawings, A represents a straight shank, terminating at its outer end in ahook, B, of a size and shape to readily clasp a per-. sons wrist, the opposite end of such shank terminating in a right-angular handle, 0, to be grasped in the hand of the officer.

D represents aswinging latch pivoted approximately near its center to the shank A, and preferably provided with a spring, E, by

. which one of its armsviz., F-is crowded awayfrom the nose G of the hook, and the opening I of such hook left unobstructed, such arm F constituting a gate to open or close such opening. The opposite arm, H, of the latchD constitutes a fingenlatch to be seized by one of the officers fingers, and by means of which thestress of the spring E is overcome and the arm F closed inside the nose of the hook, and the prisoners wrist thereby inclosed in the hook.

I have shown the arm Fshort, so that when closed by the officer upon the wrist by means of the opposite latch-arm, H, it may fall inside of the end G of hook B. By this means I enable the hook to adapt itself to any sized wrist, whereas if the two ends came together to form a circle it would perhaps be too large for a small wrist.

When occasion offers to use the above in strument, the handle 0 is grasped firmly in the officers hand, and one finger of this hand (preferably the second finger) allowed to rest lightly upon the arm H of the latch D, the arm F of such latch being crowded away from the nose of the hook by the stress of the spring E, as shown in Fig.1 of the drawings. In making an arrest the OffiCGI quickly passes the hook about the personswrist, and with his finger crowds the arm H closely up to the handle 0, thereby closing the arm F to prevent escape of the instrument from the prisoners wrist. I

I claim- In combination with shank A and hook B, a

two-armed latch pivoted thereto, and a spring,

E, arranged at the pivotal connection of said saidlatch, substanpresence of two Witnesses.

EDWARD DAvIs BEAN.

WVitnesses:

H. E. LODGE, H. S. SARoNI. 

